The jury tasked with awarding the Grand Prix at the 56thCritics’ Week, to be held between 18 and 26 May 2017 as part of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, will be led by Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighbouring Sounds, Aquarius[+see also: film reviewtrailerfilm profile]), who will take up the baton previously carried by Lee Chang-dong, Bertrand Bonello, Miguel Gomes, Andrea Arnold, the late Ronit Elkabetz and Valérie Donzelli.

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He will be joined by Colombia’s Diana Bustamante Escobar (producer and artistic director of the Cartagena Film Festival), Lebanese filmmaker Hania Mroué (who, as one of many strings to her bow, is also the director of Beirut’s Metropolis Art Cinema), Franco-Canadian actor Niels Schneider (winner of the César award for Most Promising Actor in 2017 for his performance in Dark Inclusion[+see also: film reviewtrailerfilm focusinterview: Arthur Hararifilm profile]) and Eric Kohn (deputy editor of Indiewire).

The jury will also be responsible for selecting the winner of the Revelation Prize from the seven feature films in the running, as well as the Discovery Prize, which will be awarded to one of the ten short films included in the official selection.

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